News 2009

BÉATRICE ROSEN INTERVIEW: MISS (END OF THE) WORLD "2012"
In “2012”, director Roland Emmerich literally blows the world away in a spectacular way never before seen on screen and shows us the worst that can happen to our beloved planet: Earthquakes, tsunamis a-go-go, eruptions in your face, mega-explosions...(more on Action Queens)
"BEIJING PUNK" UNLEASHED IN THE U.S.!
Beijing Punk” is a feature documentary by Australian writer & director Shaun Jefford, that looks at the underground punk culture in Communist China during the 2008 Olympics. It will be released in the US on December 10th, 2009. Here are 7 minutes of footage uploaded on Youtube in December 2008 ... (more on AliveNotDead)
NEYTIRI: WARRIOR PRINCESS (JAMES CAMERON’S “AVATAR”)
Neytiri, the female lead of James Cameron’s new and most anticipated sci-fi 3D/live action movie “Avatar”, is not human, but she sure has heart. Neytiri is a Na’vi, an extraterrestial humanoid race with blue skin, four fingers, a long tail, and stands...(more on Action Queens)
NATHALIE HAUWELLE INTERVIEW ("CALIBRE 9"): THE GIRL "IN" THE GUN
Everybody loves “Girls with Guns” movies, but “Calibre 9”, an indie action feature marking the debut of young French director Jean-Christian Tassy, may start a brand new trend: “Girls in Guns”! This low-budget, wacky flick stars ...(more on Action Queens)
CANDACE KITA INTERVIEW PART 2: HOTTIE HELPER
OIt’s awesome to watch a heroine kick a bad guy’s ass in the movies! But in real life, it doesn’t really happen very much. According to L.A.-based actress/model and women’s safety advocate Candace Kita, the smartest thing for a woman to do with a potential “predator” is to remove herself ...(more on Action Queens)
R.I.P. JIN LY
OI learned yesterday that one of my best friends, Jin Ly, passed away. Her body was found in Paris’ Seine river two days ago. Her drowning was apparently an accident while she was alone after a boat party last Saturday. She was 31. She directed "Trans# : Working Title", an experimental road movie/docu-...(more on AliveNotDead)
LISA CHENG INTERVIEW: HONG KONG SPIDER GIRL
Known as the "Hong Kong Spider Girl", world champion rock climber Lisa Cheng is also an accomplished gymnast, martial artist, successful bodybuilder, and for the last four years has been the reigning queen of the Miss BodyFitness event at the Hong Kong Bodybuilding Championships...(more on Action Queens)
CANDACE KITA INTERVIEW PART 1: HOLLYWOOD HOTTIE
After playing an American housewife turned Super Villainess in the Fox Kids television show “Masked Rider” while still a teenager, actress and model Candace Kita quickly moved on to sexier characters in movies (“Barb Wire”, “I now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”) and television (“Complete Savages”, "Son of the ...(more on Action Queens)
MAGGIE Q: THE "NAKED WEAPON" INTERVIEW
While “Naked Weapon” may not be the greatest movie ever made, it nevertheless made a deep impression on Hong Kong audiences and, perhaps more importantly, gave Maggie Q her first major acting role. Directed by Ching Siu-Tung (“A Chinese Ghost Story”, “Swordsman II”)...(more o Action Queens)
FRANCO NERO WAS IN PARIS! (L’ETRANGE FESTIVAL 2009)
The legendary Franco Nero (“Django”) was invited in Paris last week-end during the 15th edition of L’Etrange Festival (litt. trans.: The Strange Festival) where he presented three of his movies:Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s gay drama “Querelle” (1982) adapted from the novel by Jean Genet, “Autostop Rosso Sangue”....(more on AliveNotDead)
KATE FREUND INTERVIEW PART 2: COMEDY CENTERED
In the second and last part of her interview, D.I.Y. writer-director-actress Kate Freund talks about some of her great Channel 101 (unhopefully) rejected shows, the TV series “The Sarah Silverman Program”, Steve Agee, animation, music, and her new projects. Enjoy...(more on Action Queens)
JAMES CAMERON’S "AVATAR" DAY: THE FRENCH IMAX SCREENINGS
August 21, 2009 was the “Avatar” day. 15 minutes of James Cameron highly anticipated movie were screened wordwide for free in selected theaters (102 screens in the U.S., 342 internationally, with 58 countries participating). In France, this exclusive ..(more on AliveNotDead)
"THE DESCENT 2" : BLOOD AND (MONSTERS) SHIT
On Augutst, 19, 2009,was held the very first French press screening of “The Descent: Part 2”, the efficient sequel of Neil Marshall 2005 spelunking claustrophobic horror monster movie. This sequel marks the directorial debut of Jon Harris, who worked for the last 15 years as an editor...(more on Action Queens)
KATE FREUND INTERVIEW PART 1: THE 101 CONNECTION
If you know the great Comedy Central TV show “The Sarah Silverman Program”, you surely have seen Kate Freund in a couple of episodes from seasons 1 (Positively Negative) & 2 (Bored of the Rings).But if you’re familiar to the short film festival Channel 101 and its website.
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MEGA CONCERT WITH DAMON ALBARN AND AFRICA EXPRESS IN PARIS!
On August 5th, during the music event “Festival Fnac Indétendance”, Africa Express, the musical collective led by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), performed during more than five hours with a lot of great artists....(more on AliveNotDead)
"RUN! BITCH RUN!" INTERVIEW: CHERYL LYONE VS IVET CORVEA
Produced by the indie Californian company Freak Show Entertainment, and directed by Joseph Guzman, who also co-wrote the script with Robert James Hayes II, grindhouse thriller “Run! Bitch Run!” is a confessed tribute to ...(more on Action Queens)
MAGGIE Q PRE-HOLLYWOOD INTERVIEW (PART 1)
OBefore gaining her fame in Hollywood with US blockbusters like “Mission: Impossible III” (2006) and “Die Hard 4.0” (2007), Maggie Q was already a star in Hong Kong, where she played in several movies since 2000, including Ching Siu-tung’s “exploit-action” movie “Naked Weapon” (2002)...(more on Action Queens)
ASIAN MOVIE QUEEN IVY LING PO ON “THE 14 AMAZONS”
Born in China in the early 40’s, Ivy Ling Po was THE most popular Hong Kong actress and singer of Huangmei diao genre – to make it short, it’s a mix between musical and historical drama inspired by Chinese Opera - in the 60’s, with classics produced by Shaw Brothers studios, from “The Love Eterne"... (more on Action Queens)
TEDDY CHEN TALKS "BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS", "PUNITIVE HOMICIDE" AND... JACKIE CHAN
I interviewed director Teddy Chen twice so far. The first time, it was in 2004, and I started with a “career interview” and asked him of course, to talk about about the great action movies that he made in the 90’s like “Downtown Torpedoes” and ...(more on AliveNotDead)
WHO WANTS TO BE IN "A VERY SELFISH DOCUMENTARY"?
My director friend Adeline C. Kayee, is now working on a new project about life in Hong Kong named “A Very Selfish Documentary”, which will be basically about selfish social behaviours in Hong Kong. It’s a 100% indie project (she’s the producer, director, cameraman, editor etc...) and she’s looking for people who... (more on AliveNotDead)
"BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS" TOP-NOTCH CAST & CREW @ FILMART 2009
“Pre-press conferences” (press con of movies before they’re even shot) are often uninteresting, because there is gererally not much to say, especially for the actors. But for 1st press conference of “Bodyguards and Assassins"....(more on AliveNotDead)
WORKING ON "BEAST STALKER" AND "CONNECTED" EXTRA FEATURES
In April 2009, Hong Kong director Dante Lam and actor Nick Cheung were invited in Udine (Italy) at the 11th Far East Film Festival, to present the last movie they made together, “Beast Stalker”, a very dark and touching crime drama...(more on AliveNotDead)
PARIS CINEMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009: CRAZY LINE-UP!
Chaired by (French-speaking) English actress Charlotte Rampling and supported by the City of Paris, the 7th edition of the Paris Cinema International Film Festival (a.k.a. Festival Paris Cinéma) will take place in various Parisian locations...(more on AliveNotDead)
“PCX” BY SO. NOEL: SICK, DRUGS & ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
PCX” are the initials of “Plaintes contre X” (Complaint against X), a French novel written by So. Noel (a.k.a. Sophie Noel), one of the main artists that I’m following for my upcoming documentary “Rock ‘n’ Roll Girls”, that I started in september 2007(and it still not finished!)....(more on AliveNotDead)
HO MENG-HUA (1929-2009): TRIBUTE TO A MASTER OF CINEMA - R.I.P.
Two days ago, I learned like everybody else, that David Carradine and Shek Kin passed away. Two very sad news for American and Hong Kong cinema lovers. But I learned the same day, through Hong Kong friends, that director Ho Meng-hua...(more on AliveNotDead)
VIDEO: ANDREW LIN, HORROR MAKER - ON THE SET OF HONG KONG SLASHER "DREAM HOME"
On March 31st, 2009, I had the opportunity to visit the set of "Dream Home", a Hong Kong horror slasher directed by writer director Pang Ho-cheung ("You Shoot, I Shoot", "Men Suddenly in Black", "AV"...). That day, I audio interviewed some people from...(more)
VIDEO: PRIYANKA CHOPRA INTERVIEW (ASIAN FILM AWARDS 2009)
Miss World in 2000, Indian model Priyanka Chopra became an actress a few years later, and acted in more than 30 films in 7 years. On March 23rd, 2009, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, she received during the 3rd Asian Film Awards, the Nielsen ...(more)
VIDEO: ALEXANDRA FULTON "OMGASM" INTERVIEW
Second and last part of the "Omgasm at Cannes" video.
Running time: 5 minutes - Aspect ratio: 1.77 - Format: DVcam - Language: English - Director / Editor: Frédéric Ambroisine - Featuring : Alexandra Fulton. - Music : Indian Vibes : "Mathar" - Shot in : Cannes (Short Film Corner) on May 21th, 2008...(more)
VIDEO: BARBARA WONG ABOUT THE "BJ 300$" PROJECT
BJ $300” was one of the 27 projects selected in 2009 at the Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). “BJ $300 is the fee for a blow job service by an Enko girl. Enko is a Japanese term meaning “compensated dating” which started in 1994 when teenaged school girls began offering sexual services to lonely, middle-aged men who...(more)
VIDEO: WELCOME TO ALIVE NOT DEAD part 1: FAKE BAND / REAL MOVIE
This first part of my documentary "Welcome to Alive Not Dead" focus on the movie "The Heavenly Kings" directed by Daniel Wu, and the origins of the website AliveNotDead.com. "The Heavenly Kings" is a mockumentary about a boy band named Alive... (more)
VIDEO: COLLEEN LEE CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT + INTERVIEW
Born on October 11th, 1980, Colleen Lee Ka-ling is a Hong Kong pianist, who won the 6th place prize in the 15th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 2005. On the occasion of the New Year of the Ox, she performed a tremendous one-hour concert... (more)
VIDEO: ZARA ADAMS INTERVIEW (SALON DU CINEMA)
Zara Adams, a British model & actress of Pakistani and Iranian origins, was invited in Paris, during the 3rd edition of Salon du Cinéma. Shot on in January, 2009 at the Grand Halle de la Vilette - Aspect ratio: 1.77 - Language: English - Music: Lokiks "Rigathermo Bear" (2003) - Running time: 5 minutes 45 seconds... (more)

HONG KONG - ASIA FILM FINANCING FORUM (HAF) 2008 feat. ALEXI TAN & HIDEO NAKATA interviews
The 6th edition of the HAF took place between the 17th & the 19th of March 2008. Among the 25 projects selected, there was "Detour" by Taiwanese director Alexi Tan ("Blood Brothers") and "Gensenkan" by the Japanese director Hideo Nakata ("Ringu")...(more)

VIDEO: THE STORM WARRIORS CAST & CREW (HONG KONG FILMART)
On March 18th, 2008, at the Hong Kong Filmart, was organized the very first press conference about "The Storm Riders II" a.k.a. "The Storm Warriors". This 100-million budget sequel (in HK$) of the Andrew Lau fantasy action movie made 10 years earlier, is ...(more)

VIDEO: KENNETH BI - MAKING THE DRUMMER (SHORT VERSION)
Since the third part of Kenneth Bi trilogy interview was very long compared to the others, I decided to recut it and make it shorter. So now, you have the choice to see a 14-minute version more dynamic (with more pictures also, because there're more cuts) ...(more)
VIDEO: PETER CHAN ABOUT "THE WARLORD" (HONG KONG FILMART)
Based on the same story of Chang Cheh's 1973-masterpiece "Blood Brothers" and released in Hong Kong at the end of 2007, "The Warlords", a big budget war action drama starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro was announced during the Hong Kong...(more)
VIDEO: KENNETH BI TRILOGY INTERVIEW - PART 3
The third and last part of Kenneth Bi interview is exclusively focused on his movie "The Drummer", shot in 2006 and released in Hong Kong in 2007 after being at the Locarno International Film Festival. In this long interview (more than 40 minutes) illustrated by several exclusive pictures provided by the writer-director, Kenneth Bi talks about... (more)
NEWS 2008
VIDEO: THE HONG KONG/SPANISH CONNECTION - AN INTERVIEW WITH ÁNGEL SALA (Sitges Festival Internacional de Catalunya)
The following video was shot in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Filmart on March 19th, 2008. It's a short interview focused on Asian cinema, of Ángel Sala, the president of the Sitges ... (more)
VIDEO: A JAZZY CHINESE NEW YEAR - THE EUGENE PAO QUARTET
Excerpts of the Eugene Pao Quartet concert (Eugene Pao, Sylvain Gagnon, Anthony Fernandes & Ted Lo), shot in Paris on February 11th, 2008, for the celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Rat, organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council... (more)
VIDEO: ASIA FILMFEST IN MUNICH
I shot the following video on November 8th, 2008, when I just arrived in Munich to attend the 5th edition of the Asia Filmfest, which is the largest festival in Germany about Asian movies (55 movies this year). Actually, I arrived almost the end of the festival, which started the week before...(more)
VIDEO: KENNETH BI TRILOGY INTERVIEW - PART 2un deux trois
In this 2nd part, Kenneth Bi talks about his first digital movie, "A Small Miracle", which was screened in 2002 at the Deauville Asian Film Festival, and also talks about his first "real" movie, "Rice Rhapsody" starring Sylvia Chang and produced by Jackie Chan... (more)

VIDEO: KENNETH BI TRILOGY INTERVIEW - PART 1
Shot during the 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, my interview of director Kenneth Bi ("Rice Rhapsody", "The Drummer") will be in three parts. The first one is about his theater/play experience before his debut in the Hong Kong film industry... (more)

VIDEO: THE YEAR OF THE RAT (CHINESE NEW YEAR)
Speeches – in French or English / no sub – of Jacques Pelletier (Association France-Hong Kong president), Lore Buscher (HKTDC - Regional Director, Central Europe), Zhao Jin Jun (Chinese Embassador in France) and Duncan Pescod (Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the European Communities)... (more)
VIDEO: "YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE FRENCH ZOMBIES" (A FEATURETTE OF "PARIS BY NIGHT IF THE LIVING DEAD")
This 15-minute documentary about the French action horror short "Paris by Night of the Living Dead", was shot during the post-production of the movie. Featuring interviews of director Grégory Morin, producer Eric Fantone, plus exclusive materials (footages, storyboard...)... (more)

VIDEO: "INVITATION ONLY" (AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHELLE YEH INTERVIEW)
Online since October 20th, 2008: My interview with the Taiwanese producer Michelle Yeh - from the company Three Dots Entertainment - at the Hong Kong Filmart, about "Invitation Only", the first ever slasher horror from Taiwan, starring Maria Osawa... (more)
VIDEO: "RED CLIFF PARTY - CANNES 2008"
Online since October 17th, 2008: My video about the "Red Cliff" party, shot in May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival - featuring director John Woo, producer Terence Chang + Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Carina Lau, Zhang Fengyi, Jackie Chan, Lin Chi-Ling, Hu Jun, Zhang Feng-Yi, Michelle Yeoh, Vicky Zhao Wei, Christopher Doyle... (more)

VIDEO: "OMGASM AT CANNES - PART 1" (PREMIERE)
"Omgasm" is a 5 minutes American comedy about sex and yoga directed and produced by the first-timer Alexandra Fulton who's also playing in it.
Screened for the first time in France during the Cannes Film Festival at the Short Film Corner, this short movie had the advantage to get a very flashy and enthousiastic promotion... (more)
VIDEO: "MARTYRS VS CENSORSHIP" (FEATURING PASCAL LAUGIER AND MORJANA EL ALAOUI)
Online since September 3rd, 2008: After being delayed for a few months because of a 18+ rating due to its extreme violence, the French horror thriller "Martyrs" was finally released in the local theaters, with a 16+ rating with warning. This video was shot in June 2008... (more)
FRANCE DE GRIESSEN ROCKS !
France de Griessen is a Dutch/Belgian artist (singer, composer, actress, model...) based in Paris, who's a recent Alive Not Dead member. In 2005, she released a concept-album related to Billy the Kid named "Billy", with her previous band Teen Machine. Now, she just finished the recording...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
IKU : COMING TO ALIVE NOT DEAD
I finally convinced some members of the band IKU (who'll feature in my documentary Rock 'n' Roll Girls) to launch their pages on Alive Not Dead. So, here come the pages of the two guitarists of the band : Solange Protin and Anne Mercier... (read more on AliveNotDead.com)
THIS IS D.E.V.I.A.N.C.E. BABY !
d.e.v.i.a.n.c.e. is one of the main music bands that I’m following very closely for my documentary Rock ‘n’ Roll Girls, but it’s not a rock band at all. The common point between d.e.v.i.a.n.c.e. and rock music is that, the two members of the band, Akasha “Sick” Lust and So. Noel, are also playing in...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
WORLD PREMIERE OF PANG HO-CHEUNG FIRST SHORT FILMS IN UDINE !
Hong Kong director Pang Ho-cheung, who shot the trailer of the 10th Far East Film Festival (starring Sunny Lau) was invited in Udine - for the fourth time I think - between the 19th and the 23th of April 2008. His last feature ...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
TACTICAL UNIT'S SIMON YAM AND VINCENT SZE IN PARIS
After 10 days spent in Italy for the 10th edition of Far East Film Festival, I went back to Paris and discovered yesterday that Simon Yam and Vincent Sze were there. They played for the first time together four years ago in SPL, and will team again this year in PTU's theatrical sequel produced...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
VIDEO: IKU - ORGASMIC IMPRO
French rock 'n' roll girls band IKU, on April 13th, 2008, performing an orgasmic impro about "Muscador", a simple, cheap, sweet sparkling and refreshing white wine....(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
AIMÉ CÉSAIRE : THE GREATEST MAN IN MARTINIQUE IS GONE
The poet and politician Aimé Césaire just died at the age of 94, and it's one of the biggest loss that Martinique ever knew. May he rest in peace... Biography (from Wikipedia) : "Aimé Fernand David Césaire (June 25, 1913....(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
SICK LUST MUSIC VIDEOS + VAG1 KAO, ROUND 2 (FOR MATURE AUDIENCE)
Akasha Lust a.k.a. Sick Lust, one of the main artist of my Rock 'n' Roll Girls documentary, is the singer, musician and composer of IKU, d.e.v.i.a.n.c.e., Lust Control and The 70 Miles Family, but also a prolific videographer...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
HONG KONG FILM AWARDS : SUSAN SHAW RULES!
I wish I was still in Hong Kong to see that with my own eyes ! I've just learned some hours ago that Susan Shaw (a.k.a. Shaw Yin-yin a.k.a. Shao Yin-yin a.k.a. Shaw Yum Yum a.k.a. Siu Yam-yam), won the best supporting actress award at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in The Pye-Dog...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
CAM 2 CAM : WEBCHAT EROTIC THRILLER
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the private screening of a very good short movie – 27 minutes - named Cam 2 Cam. It was directed by a young French director, Davy Sihali, who did a few years ago, a very forgettable ultra-low-budget action movie, Unfailing. For Cam 2 Cam, he didn't.(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
PREVIEW : HONG KONG EVENTS / INTERVIEWS (MARCH 16th – 29th, 2008)
It’s been already ten days since I came from Hong Kong. I was there between the 16th and the 29th of March 2008, which was a very short time for me, because I didn’t really do all the things that I wanted to do when I was there....(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
ZOMBIES ATTACK PARIS ! FIRST (BLOODY) FOOTAGE
Last year, French director Gregory Morin shot an apparently bloody, gory and explosive action-horror short movie, beautifully named Paris by Night of the Living Dead. This degenerated love story set in a post-apocalyptic Paris full of Zombies, is still in post-production, and the first footage of the movie ...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
JOSIE HO : MY VERY FIRST HONG KONG INTERVIEW... IN CANNES
Last night, I was turning with nostalgia and sadness, the pages of some old issues of Kumite, a magazine which just disappeared (check out the "Kumite is Dead" entry) and realized that the first Hong Kong artist I interviewed...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
ASIAN STARS ARE BACK!
TI've just learned that some short documentaries that I did a while ago, will finally be released on DVD by Pathe Distribution, on March 26th, 2008 : - "L'Héritier de Hong Kong : Derek Tsang interview" on AV French DVD- "Le Rebelle de Hong Kong : Pang Ho-cheung,interview" .....(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
TO SHOOT OR TO BE SHOT (FOR SHAW MOVIES)
The DVD era is apparently over for Shaw Brothers movies in France. I had the chance to collaborate with the two French distribution companies who released 58 Shaw titles in DVD between 2004 and 2007 (46 for Wild Side Films and 12 for CTV International), but the last few years, the DVD sells weren’t as successful ..(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
LYDIA SHUM (1947-2008) : SCREENCAPS TRIBUTE
I've just learned that Lydia Shum (a.k.a. Fei Fei) passed away today. She was mostly known for her TV shows like Enjoy Yourself Tonight, but I think she was also a very important figure of teenage Hong Kong movies in the late 60's, which I watched a lot when I started to prepare my documentary project...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
IKU PICTURES : SAYONARA BABY!
Here are some pictures of IKU members took just before their live performance at the memorable "Sayonara Baby !" night on February 16th, 2008, where other great bands like Louis Lingg and the Bomb, Enob and Savon Tranchand played as well...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
LIVE VIDEO : 1 GUITAR + 1 DRUM KIT = MOTORAMA
I've just edited a video of the song "Rich Man", performed by the Italian girls rock band Motorama, during the 1st Female Trouble Show. This video was shot by Akasha "Sick" Lust (lead singer of IKU, d.e.v.i.a.n.c.e. & Lust Control) and me in Paris, on January 26th, 2008. Enjoy...(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
VINCENT SZE JOINS THE HK POLICE FORCE IN A NEW JOHNNIE TO MOVIE
Two days ago, “Hong Kong Frenchy Boy” Vincent Sze started to play beside veteran actor Simon Yam, in a new movie, produced by Johnnie To. Vincent Sze is a Hong Kong actor who lived 20 years in France and Noumea ... (read more on AliveNotDead.com)
HONG KONG PERFORMING ARTISTES GUILD + "10" SHORTS
II noticed that several famous Hong Kong artists recently added on AnD (Andy Lau, Simon Yam, Eric Tsang, Philip Chan, Ray Lui, Franckie Chan, Cecilia Yip, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Lam Ka-tung, Teddy Robin Sammy Leung, John Sham, Cheung Tam-ming..(read more on AliveNotDead.com)
GANG OF GIRLS SHOWCASE + FEMALE TROUBLE NIGHT
IKU is a French rock band influenced by Grunge and Riot Grrrls music, formed in 2004. Members included Akasha 'Sick' Lust (Bass guitar and singer), Solange Protin (guitar), Anne Mercier (guitar) and Céline Vanier (drums), who left the band and was replaced by So. Noel in December 2007.... (read more on AliveNotDead.com)

MY "ROCK N' ROLL GIRLS" PROJECT
After directing so many short documentaries about Asian cinema the last four years, I've decided to do something completely different.In September 2007, I started to work on a feature-length musical documentary called Rock 'n' Roll Girls, which will mainly focus on multitalented workaholic... (read more on AliveNotDead.com)

KUMITE n°34: THE TWINS EFFECT FILE + CHRIS DOYLE, EYE IN THE SKY, CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL...
The editorial policy of “Kumite” (a quaterly French magazine specialized in Asian cinema - I’m writing in it since 2002) changed radicaly with this n°34 issue. Apparently, thehead(s) of the magazine’s company say(s) something like “We have to... (read more here)
THE 1ST EUROPEAN SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL: EVERYONE CAN WATCH, EVERYONE CAN VOTE!
Going to a festival and staying at home at the same time ? Yes, that's possible with the European Spiritual Film Festival (ESFF), founded by French film director / producer and Viet Vo Dao master, Marc Olivier Louveau a.k.a. Lou Ma Ho... (read more here)
VORHER UND NACHHER : MY GERMAN DOCUMENTARY ABOUT INFERNAL AFFAIRS 3
Since the beginning of 2004, all the short documentaries that I made about Asian cinema (more than 100) were released in DVD in France as extra features. Among them, only two were released in other countries. The first one, Fast and Dangerous, which.. (read more here)

 
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